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Portrait of pitcher Satchel Paige. Grandstand in background. Handwritten on back: "Satchel Paige at Briggs Stadium."
Ernie Harwell Sports Collection, Detroit Public Library
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Portrait of pitcher Satchel Paige. Grandstand in background. Handwritten on back: "Satchel Paige at Briggs Stadium."
Ernie Harwell Sports Collection, Detroit Public Library
Navin Field or Briggs Stadium (1950). Home to the Detroit Tigers and nicknamed “The Corner,” as it's on the corner of Michigan and Trumbull Avenues.
1941 All-Star Baseball Game scorecards in program book. Printed on front cover: "9th annual All-Star Game, official souvenir program, American League vs. National League, July 8th 1941 at Detroit, 25 [cents], Briggs Stadium, home of the American League Champions, copyright 1941 Detroit Baseball Co., copyright Detroit News Airphoto," with tiger stepping into aerial view of stadium. Includes All-Star Game history and statistics with portraits of past and current players.
Ernie Harwell Sports Collection, Detroit Public Library
114 Years Ago Today: The Detroit Tigers raise the flags before their first game at brand new Navin Field - later renamed Briggs Stadium, then Tiger Stadium! (April 20, 1912)
Tiger Stadium 1938-1955
by Archmagechemosh
ATG Golden Age
Also see Tiger Stadium ’85 by Archmagechemosh
The years following World War II were in many ways the peak of Detroit’s existence. The city and many of the citizens of the state had contr
View of Walter O. Briggs, owner of the Detroit Tigers, and his son, Walter "Spike" Briggs, Jr. examining a model of a baseball stadium. Handwritten on back: "Spike Briggs, Jr."
Courtesy of the Ernie Harwell Sports Collection, Detroit Public Library
Map: Shell Sightseeing Guide to Detroit This inset map is included in the 1958 Shell Map of Metropolitan Detroit. The sightseeing map includes 6 tour routes: Greenfield Village, Grosse Pointe, River Rouge Park, Royal Oak, and Airport.
Scorecard for 1941 baseball game between Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians. Cover depicts roaring tiger and Briggs Stadium. Printed on front: "Official 1941 score card, 10 [cents]. Detroit Tigers, American League champions. Copyright, 1941, Detroit Baseball Co. Briggs Stadium." Handwritten on front: "This was the second game of a double header when Dad, Percy & I went to the ball game at Detroit, Sept. 6, 1941. Roy and Bertha S. also went in their car, but Mama didn't want to go with us today she said. The Tigers won 7 to 2." Scorecards for Detroit and Cleveland, schedules, biographical profile of Luther B. Thomas, advertisements included in scorecard. Penciled notations and corrections on scorecards.
Courtesy of the Ernie Harwell Sports Collection, Detroit Public Library